The Slashie.net OpenXRL initiative is on!

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“XRLs” are roguelikes themed around a popular series, in this page you
will find games based on classic Nintendo series such as Castlevania,
Metroid, Zelda and Megaman. You will also find a tribute to Richard
Garriots’ “Ultima” series, in the shape of “Escape from Mt. Drash: The
Roguelike” (Which, paradoxically, was not produced by Mr. Garriot)

All of these games have something in common, they are intended not to
be overly complex to get into: keybindings have been reduced, music
has been introduced (and graphics in some of them) and gameplay is
straightforward. They can be considered coffeebreak roguelikes

Over the years, I have been developing them on and off, but I have
found my limited human energy not to be enough to turn them into what
I want; they have remained interesting - yet unpolished. Thus, the
openXRL initiative came into being.

I have released all of these games under the GPLv3 Open Source
License, you are now free to develop them. If you want to become the
(official) maintainer of one of these games, just contact me and I
will be glad to be of assistance. The following are the only
requirements.

    * Proficiency on Java Development
    * Love for the series on which the game is based
    * Having developed another roguelike is desired
    * Be Warned, the source code of some of these is scary, only brave
people go ahead!

So, without any further ado, I present you the games!

Take a look: http://slashie.net/openxrl/

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